By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 490(b)(1)(A) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, ("the Act"), I hereby
determine and certify that the following major illicit drug producing
and/or major illicit drug transit countries/dependent territories have
cooperated fully with the United States, or have taken adequate steps
on their own, to achieve full compliance with the goals and objectives
of the 1988 United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances:

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 490(b)(1)(B) of
the Act, I hereby determine that it is in the vital national interests
of the United States to certify the following major illicit drug
producing and/or major illicit drug transit countries:

Cambodia, Colombia, Pakistan, and Paraguay.

Analysis of the relevant U.S. vital national interests, as required
under section 490(b)(3) of the Act, is attached.

I have determined that the following major illicit drug producing
and/or major illicit drug transit countries do not meet the standards
set forth in section 490(b) for certification:

Afghanistan, Burma, Iran, and Nigeria.

In making these determinations, I have considered the factors set
forth in section 490 of the Act, based on the information contained in
the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report of 1998. Given
that the performance of each of these countries/dependent territories
has differed, I have attached an explanatory statement for each of the
countries/dependent territories subject to this determination.

You are hereby authorized and directed to report this determination
to the Congress immediately and to publish it in the Federal Register.